Where to watch William Vail in the UK
Find every William Vail film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 15 May 2026.
Wlliam Vail (born November 30, 1950) is an American set decorator and actorbest known for his role as "Kirk" in the 1974 American horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Vail was born in San Antonio, Texas. He began his film career in 1974, when he played the character of "Kirk" in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He then starred in three more films titled Poltergeist (1982), Mausoleum (1983), and Glitch! (1988). He then decided to switch as a Set Decorator in the film, A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989). He continues to work as a Set Decorator, and has recently helped with the …
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- Red Shoe Diaries (1992) Set Decoration
- Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012) Set Decoration
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) as Kirk
- Poltergeist (1982) as Implosion Man
- Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) as Kirk (archive footage)
- Love, Lies and Murder (1991) Set Decoration
- Too Young to Die (1990) Set Decoration
- The Enemy Within (1994) Set Decoration
- The American Nightmare (2000) as Self
- The Craigslist Killer (2011) Set Decoration
- Laurel Avenue (1993) Set Decoration
- Amish Grace (2010) Set Decoration
- Midnight Run for Your Life (1994) Set Decoration
- Another Midnight Run (1994) Set Decoration
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) Set Decoration
- A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (1990) Set Decoration
- Mausoleum (1983) as The Final Demon (as Bill Vail)
- American Tragedy (2000) Set Decoration
- Lies in Plain Sight (2010) Set Decoration
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991) Art Direction
- Glitch! (1988) as Angry Valet
- The West Side Waltz (1995) Set Decoration
- Deadly Web (1996) Set Decoration
- Return to Green Acres (1990) Set Decoration
- Midnight Run Around (1994) Set Decoration
- Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) as Self
- Rondo and Bob (2020) as Self
- White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991) Set Decoration
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Most-watched William Vail films currently: Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Poltergeist (1982), Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013), Too Young to Die (1990).
What TV shows has William Vail appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Red Shoe Diaries (1992), Love, Lies and Murder (1991), Laurel Avenue (1993).
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